Saved .pdf files won't open

On MacBook Air running OSX Mavericks I've saved .pdf files from the Web and from documents I've scanned. For many .pdf documents I get a dialog box that says, "Contact your computer or network administrator for assistance."
That's nice, but I'm the only one here. These are important documents I’ve saved for a reason. Any ideas how to get them open?

Thanks for the suggestion.
After more poking around I discovered the Sharing & Permissions setting in the Get Info dialog box were set to No Access. I have no idea how that happened, but next time I save a .pdf I'll find whether the setting is part of the Save As dialog or not.

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